You’d Think They’d Know Better, But These Politicians Committed The Wildest Crimes Of The 20th Century

Marion Barry Got Caught Smoking…

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In 1990 Washington, D.C. Mayor Marion Barry was arrested for illegal drug possession and use. The FBI partnered with local District of Columbia police in a joint sting operation at the Vista Hotel. Rasheeda Moore, a former girlfriend of Barry, was working as an FBI informant and convinced Barry to smoke crack cocaine, while agents were watching on camera from another room. During the arrest, Barry infamously said, “[expletive] set me up! I shouldn’t have come up here…” Barry was sentenced to six months in jail. In 1994, he re-entered politics and was miraculously elected for his fourth mayoral term.

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